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The purpose of the past reflections on the uses of history gordon s wood on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers an erudite scholar and an elegant writer gordon s wood has won both numerous awards and a broad readership since the 1969 publication of his widely acclaimed the creation of the american republic with the purpose of the past i. History is to society what memory is to the individual without it we dont know who we are and we cant make wise decisions about where we should be going but while the nature of memory is a constant the nature of history has changed radically over the past forty years fo reflections on the . With the purpose of the past wood has essentially created a history of american history assessing the current state of history vis a vis the work of some of its most important scholars doling out praise and scorn with equal measure in this wise passionate defense of historys ongoing necessity wood argues that we cannot make intelligent . Mises review 14 no 1 spring 2008 the purpose of the past reflections on the uses of history gordon s wood penguin press 2008 323 pgs wood himself has definite views about the nature of the past that are as much theoretical impositions as those of the writers he challenges. The purpose of the past reflections on the uses of history without casting aspersions on those political scientists and cultural critics who mine the past for the purpose of illuminating or critiquing the present wood wants to stand up for those historians who seek so far as it is possible to understand the past on its own terms